Annette Obrestad Folds Full House

Hand 9 is with Annette, she has As10s against ultra experienced pro Chris Bjorin, the flop is 873cc and it looks like Annette raised pre and was called out of the bb by Bjorin. She bets 1000 into 1575. The turn is the Jh, and Obrestad tries 2300 into 3575. Bjorin sticks around to the 8s river. Bjorin goes for the sneaky check but Annette gives up.

• Just before the last break, Annette Obrestad got herself into a pot that would be the last of her night. Her opponent check raised her on a flop, and Obrestad three-bet all in. Or rather, all in minus the black T100 chip she had capping her cards. Her opponent flatted, and that last chip went in on the turn.
• With the blinds at 6,000/12,000, Annette 'Annette15' Obrestad raised to 24,000 from under the gun, then LStrelec reraised to 59,874 from the button. It folded to lechuckpoker in the big blind who four-bet to 129,000, then Obrestad pushed all in for 460,520 total.

Folding a big hand is the poker equivalent of putting your sick pet to sleep. It breaks your heart and it sucks, but you have to do it sometimes. A

Folding a big hand is the poker equivalent of putting your sick pet to sleep. It breaks your heart and it sucks, but you have to do it sometimes. A ‘hero fold’ is when a player folds a very strong hand that they would usually not fold. They’re particularly hard to make because you feel awful when you’re wrong. However, having the discipline to fold a big hand when you suspect that your opponent has an even bigger one, is one of the major factors which separates pros from amateurs. Let’s take a look at 5 times when hero folds went right in huge situations.

Annette Obrestad folds a full house

“I’m gonna look like a Donkey if I was wrong”

It is really hard to fold a full house when you are getting 4 to 1 on a call. If her opponent is inexperienced, he could easily play a flush or even AJ exactly like this. I think there are three factors which allow Annette to make this amazing fold. First, there were five players on the flop and Annette made a pot sized bet. She’s never bluffing into 4 players in this situation, and she expects that her opponents will realize that. When she’s called on the flop, her opponent can really only have a jack, an over pair or a flush draw. The turn is where Steffens misses his chance. He catches his miracle card and Annette would never fold if he raises here, as it would be really hard to put him on J7 or 77. The second factor is the queen on the river. Steffens can have QQ as well as QJ here. QJ is much more likely than his actual hand J7, as he’s more likely to have played QJ pre flop. The third factor is the table talk at the end. Steffens just sounds confident and I think Annette quickly realizes two things when he opens his mouth: 1.) He’s never bluffing here and 2.) He’s competent enough to not make this move with a flush. All analysis aside, it takes amazing discipline to make a fold like this even when you suspect you are beat.

Ivan Demidov vs. Ylon Schwartz

“I would have called an hour ago and made dinner reservations!”

This one is really impressive. The paired board makes it a little bit easier on the river for Shwartz to fold, but the amazing thing is that Demidov is an elite pro. He’s very aggressive and is capable of bluffing in this exact situation. Schwartz knows that and is getting 3 to 1 odds to call on the river, which means that if Demidov is bluffing 1 out of 3 times in this spot, it’s a profitable call. The fact that it’s the WSOP Main Event final table makes it even more impressive, as Schwartz knows that millions of people will be watching. It’s much less embarrassing to call and be wrong here than to fold and be wrong. After all, he has a king high flush against an aggressive player. Another player at the table asks Schwartz after the hand if he had the king of hearts, and he replies “yeah but he knows that”. This explains the fold. Demidov figured out what Schwartz had and Schwartz figured out that Demidov figured that out, and therefore knew that he was beat. Wow.

Roberto Romanello folds jacks full

“WOW! How do you f###ing fold that hand!!!

The great thing about this laydown is that there was no action on the flop or turn. To fold a hand as strong as jacks full, it would take most players a few bets to realize that they are beat. In this case, Romanello folds to one raise on the river after no bets were made on the flop or turn. Furthermore, why can’t Geller have Ace-ten here? Or maybe a queen for the straight? Given how the hand was played, it’s reasonable that Geller could think a straight is the best hand.

Dany Parlafes vs. Ognyan Dimov

“There’s no chance you fold obviously, like none.”

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I agree with announcer Joe Stapleton, this one seems impossible. The fact that they’re heads up and Dimov has a huge chip lead means he’s bluffing here quite often. Also, he would play the smaller straight the exact same way. Parlafes makes the impossible fold and survives the inevitable death blow. He must have had a great physical read on Dimov, as this fold really makes no sense from a strategic perspective.

Johnny Chan vs. Huck Seed

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“Instinct just told me the way he checked it after the flop he had a big hand”

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This one is my favorite. In general, I’m always skeptical about the old school pros and their ‘reading abilities’. As I wrote in my last post, a lot of the ‘legends’ from the early days of poker were simply gamblers who were in the right place at the right time and were marketed as pros in order to sell the game as it became mainstream. In this hand Johnny Chan shows why he’s the exception to that rule. It’s not crazy to fold AA on this board, but it would make a lot more sense if there was more action on the flop and turn. The epic thing about this hand is that there is zero action on the flop and turn, and Chan still insta-folds the river to one bet. He commits zero chips to the pot post-flop with pocket aces. ZERO. Also, Seed doesn’t have to have a huge hand here in order to make this river bet. It could definitely be a bluff since Chan showed weakness on the flop and turn. He could also have a smaller pocket pair (77-TT) and be betting for value since Chan’s hand looks like two unpaired high cards (Ak, AQ, AT, KQ) when he bets pre and checks it down. In my opinion, a river call here is 100% automatic, and yet Chan folds without hesitation. This is old school live poker at it’s finest.

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With the three starting flights out of the way and all the registration and prize pool numbers discussed, it is time to make the trek into the meat of the 2014 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event. We’re still not yet at a single, unified field, but we’re getting closer. On Tuesday, the 505 survivors from Day 1A and the 1,428 from Day 1B competed in the simultaneous Days 2A and 2B, respectively. At total of 822 emerged from the two Day 2’s combined with Florida’s Timothy Stansifer coming out of the fray as the chip leader, holding 481,500 chips.

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Stansifer has a fairly sizable chip lead over his closest pursuers, but three more players do have over 400,000: Thomas Cannuli (407,800), Tony Ruberto (402,700), and Joe Kuether (401,200). Martin Jacobson, the man who was the chip leader doing into Day 2A, is still doing quite well, sitting in eleventh place with 342,700 chips.

So far, the tournament has been pretty kind to former Main Event winners. While 2012 WSOP Main Event winner Greg Merson, 1983 champ Tom McEvoy, and 1995 champ Dan Harrington all bowed out Tuesday, last year’s victor Ryan Riess (84,900 chips), 2003 winner Chris Moneymaker (220,000), 1996 winner Huck Seed (96,500), and back-to-back 1987 and 1988 champion Johnny Chan (46,600) all made it through to Day 3.

Some notable names that will not advance to Thursday are Annette Obrestad, George Danzer, Mike Matusow, Josh Arieh, Liv Boeree, and Dennis Phillips. Obrestad may have suffered the harshest beat of the day. In Level 9, David Farber raised pre-flop Obrestad called, and Garrett Greer called from the big blind. On the flop of T♥-8♠-6♥, action checked around to Obrestad who bet 3,700. Greer called, but then Farber raised to 11,500. Obrestad then re-raised all-in for 48,600, forcing Greer to fold. Farber thought about it for a short time and finally made the call, turning over J♦-J♠ for an overpair to the board. Obrestad had him nailed, though, as she had 9♦-7♦, giving her the flopped nut straight. The 6♠ on the turn kept Farber alive, giving him a shot at a full house, and that’s exactly what happened as the J♣ spiked on the river. Farber had caught a runner-runner boat, eliminating Obrestad from the tournament. That also helped Farber end the day in 19th place with 286,900 chips.

Today, the survivors from Monday’s Day 1C will reconvene for Day 2C. It will be a bigger second day than Days 2A and 2B combined, with 2,571 players returning to the Rio. On Thursday, all of those who made it through Day 2 will finally be compacted into one field for Day 3.

2014 World Series of Poker Main Event – Combined Day 2A and 2B Chip Leaders

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1. Timothy Stansifer – 481,500
2. Thomas Cannuli – 407,800
3. Tony Ruberto – 402,700
4. Joe Kuether – 401,200
5. Cai Zhen – 367,900
6. John Sacha – 364,400
7. Munir Shahin – 361,900
8. Kyle Keranen – 358,000
9. Timothy Reilly – 354,500
10. Thomas Roupe – 349,600